Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of class 4 gambling - Applications for class 4 venue licence

66: Secretary must investigate applicant for class 4 venue licence

You could also call this:

"The government checks you and your team before giving a special licence for a gambling venue."

When you apply for a class 4 venue licence, the Secretary must investigate you. The Secretary checks if you are eligible and suitable to get a licence. They also check if the venue manager and operator are suitable.

The Secretary can investigate other key people to see if they are suitable, as stated in section 68. You and other key people may need to provide more information about your application. The Secretary can ask you to undergo an independent investigation into your financial position.

If the Secretary asks, the Police or a government agency must provide information about you. A racing code must provide information about any breaches of racing rules or convictions within the last 7 years, as stated in the Racing Industry Act 2020. You must provide the information as soon as reasonably possible.

The Secretary's investigations can include many things. They can ask for information from you, the Police, or a government agency. The Secretary can also refer your application to the Police for more information.

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Licensing of class 4 gambling: Applications for class 4 venue licence

66Secretary must investigate applicant for class 4 venue licence

  1. The Secretary must undertake any investigations the Secretary considers necessary to determine—

  2. whether the applicant is eligible and suitable to be granted a class 4 venue licence; and
    1. whether the venue manager and venue operator are suitable persons in terms of section 68.
      1. The Secretary may undertake whatever investigations the Secretary considers necessary to determine whether any other key person is a suitable person in terms of section 68.

      2. In undertaking investigations, the Secretary may—

      3. require the applicant and any key person to provide further information relating to the application and to undergo an independent investigation into its financial position and credit history by a person nominated by the Secretary:
        1. require the Police, a government agency (except for the Inland Revenue Department), or a racing code to provide information about, or comment on, the applicant and any key person or other matters concerning the application:
          1. refer to the Police a copy of the application and any further information provided by the applicant and any key person.
            1. If a racing code is required to provide information about a person, then it must provide any information that it holds that relates to—

            2. breaches, within the last 7 years, by the person of any rules of racing made under the Racing Industry Act 2020 or the previous racing Acts; or
              1. the conviction, within the last 7 years, of the person for an offence against the Racing Industry Act 2020 or the previous racing Acts.
                1. A person required to provide information under this section must provide the information as promptly as is reasonable in the circumstances.

                2. Subsection (3) does not limit subsection (1) or (2).

                Notes
                • Section 66(4)(a): amended, on , by section 129 of the Racing Industry Act 2020 (2020 No 28).
                • Section 66(4)(a): amended, on , by section 37(1) of the Gambling Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 3).
                • Section 66(4)(b): amended, on , by section 129 of the Racing Industry Act 2020 (2020 No 28).
                • Section 66(4)(b): amended, on , by section 37(1) of the Gambling Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 3).
                • Section 66(6): amended, on , by section 37(2) of the Gambling Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 3).